Washboard.



No. 664,|25. Patented Dec. [8, I900.

G. 'W. CHATTERS, SR.

WASHBOABB.

(Application filed Apn 14, 1900.)

(No Model.)

STNITED STATES GEORGE W. CI-IATTERS, SR, OF FRIARS POINT, MISSISSIPPI.

WASH BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,125, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed April 14, 1900. Serial No. 12,954:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. OHATTERs,

Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Friars Point, in the county of Ooahoma, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing-boards in general and more particularly to that class in which the board is made of wood and comprises a lower roughened portion and an upper portion for the reception of the soap when not in use.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the use of nails, screws, or similar fastening means for holding the parts together will be dispensed with and in which the several parts of the board will be held firmlyin theirproper operative posit-ions and may be readily assembled or disjointed without injury thereto.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the entire washboard. Fig. 2 is a central section taken through the board.

Referring now to the drawings, the washing-board of the present invention comprises two preferably cylindrical side pieces 5 and 6, each of which has a longitudinal groove in one face extending from the upper end thereof to a point adjacent the lower end, and at the lower end of each slot is formed a perforation 7 which passes entirely through the side piece, and these perforations 7 receive a connecting cross-bar 8.

The side pieces 5 and 6 are connected to lie mutually parallel and with the grooves of their faces disposed toward each other, and in these grooves are engaged a plurality of cylindrical rods or bars 10, which lie close together, as illustrated, and form the roughened surface, against which the clothing is rubbed.

To further prevent outward displacement of the side bars 5 and 6 and also to hold the rods 10 in proper positions, said rods have perforations 11 formed in each end and so located that they will aline. Through these alining perforations at each end of the bars 10 is passed a retaining-wire 12, these wires acting to prevent rotatable displacement of the rods. At different points of the length of the board are disposed rings 14, which encircle the side pieces or bars 5 and 6, and these rings lie mutually opposite in pairs, one pair of rings lying adjacent to the cross-bar 8, another pair of rings lying substantially mid- Way of thelength of the series of bars 10, and a third pair between the uppermost bar 10 and the one next below. These rings encircle also their respective retaining-wires 12 and act to hold the bars 5 and 6 in close relation thereto.

After the bars 10 have been put into place, the rest-board 16 is disposed with its bifurcated ends to receive the bars 5 and 6 and to lie with the body of the board against the uppermost cross-bar 10, as illustrated in the drawings.

A rectangular board 17, having a length equal to one of the cross-bars 10, has its ends disposed in the slots or grooves in the side bars 5 and 6 and is moved down to lie snugly against the rest-board 16,it being understood that the rest-board is so called for the reason that it forms a rest for the cake of soap when the latter is not in use. Asecond board 18, with bifurcated ends, is then disposed with its ends inclosing the side bars and is moved down to lie against the upper edge of the board 17. After the board 18 has been put in place a second cross-bar 19 has its ends engaged with perforations in the upper ends of the side bars and to lie against the upper board 18.

With this construction it will be seen that an extremely cheap and efficient board is provided and one in which any broken parts may be readily replaced and at small expense, and it will of course be understood that in practice the specific construction and arrangement shown may be varied and any suitable proportions may be used for the various parts.

What is claimed is 1. A washing-board comprising side bars having longitudinal grooves in their mutually-adjacent faces, a plurality of cross-bars having their ends slidably engaged with the grooves, alining perforations in the correpermost cross-bar and having its ends bifurcated and inclosing the side bars,a board having its ends engaged with the grooves and lyingwith one side edge against the first-named board, and means for preventing the displacement of the boards and bars longitudinally from the grooves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March, 1900, in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. OI-IATTERS, SR.

Witnesses:

J. E. MoNTRoY, J on FISHER. 

